US1514056A

US1514056A - Storage battery

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Publication number: US1514056A
Application number: US564664A
Authority: US
Inventors: John W Leitzen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-05-29
Filing date: 1922-05-29
Publication date: 1924-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 1941-11-04

Description

Nov. 4. 1924-. 1,514,056

. J. W. LEiTZEN STORAGE BATTERY originalliled Apz'll 17, L92

INVENTOR. J WLEIZZEAT,

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STORAGE BATTERY.

- 'cdiitniu no'ii lat-application Serial at. 553,960, filed April 17, 1922. This application filed. May 29, 1922. A

- T"-aZl -'whom'it may concern:

"-Be it known that I, JOHN WV. Lnrrian, a citizen of the United States, andfaresident of Mapleton, inthe count-y. ofMonona and U 'Stateof Iowa, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Storage Bat- "terie of which the following is a specificationi,

- 'i)?"553,9 60,"fi-led April 17, 1922, allowed lt ayIS, 1922,- and abandoned by notice of f'abahdonment dated May 26, 1922. The invention contemplates improved wmeans fortconnecting the service conductors .1 td'the terminals of a storagehattery.

'Ano'ther object ofthe invention is the production of means for connecting the service conductors with the terminals of a: storage battery, which means obviates the operation J0 ofany threaded members in connecting" or disc'onnecting the service conductors to or 1 from the' terminals.

Furthermore, the invention has for an object thev production of a mechanism for con meeting: the service conductors of a storage hatter 'withthefterminals of a battery, and

f -emho ying'certain novel features of con--- struction'and arrangements of parts whereby 'the service conductors are automatically connected with the storage battery termi- ,nals'by' placing the battery in its normal 1 position, an'd'automatically disconnected by ,the'remova-l of the battery from its normal positiong'and whereby the battery, when 85 placed in its normal position, is secure againstaccidental displacement.

The invention has for a. further object the production of improved battery connectin and securing means consisting of suit- 40 obi/supports on opposite sides -of the bat ter'y' and'a pair'of oppositely tapered membersat each side of the battery, one of said members of each pair being, secured to 'jthe I adjiacent support, and its mate being secured 46 to'the battery and connected by a suitable conductor with the adjacent battery terminal and adapted to contact and coact with- .it's piate to hold the battery removably, yet

securely, against accidental displacement. 1K) .These and other objects and advantages I successfully attain in the embodiment hereinaftei"describedjdefined in the appended claims and illustrated'in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this appli- IQQQQtiQn and which like characters of refercuring members.

- Serial No. 564,664.

ence indicate correspondin z parts throughout the sm'era-l views, of-which,

Fig. l is a plan ofa storage battery connecting and supporting means constructed in atcordance with my invention. s

Fig. 2is a side elevation thereof, parts being; cut away andshown in section, and

a a Fig. 3,.4is an enlarged, perspective. view of This isa continuation of my application- :one pairof the tapered connecting and se- 05 Referring, now, to the illustrations-4; re};- resents generally a familiar type of storage battery, including its box,5, handles, (5, and terminal poles, 7. On opposite sides of the box, 5, I secure metal plates, 8, as byscrews, 9, or otherwise, and having their lower ends tormed with flanges, 10, on which the bottom. of the box, 5, rests. T he plates, 8, are als provided with vertical flanges, 11, dis- I posethcentrally of the side of the box and having their edges inclined or tapered, as at l2, in the direction of the bottom of the box. Suitable.supporting means are provided at oppositesides of the batteryasfbyzi' rectang11'lz1r frane withinwhich the battery is po- 50 siti'on'edand including upper and lower lon gitudinal bars, '13,' and upper and lower cross-bars, 14;. The upper and lower bars,

14, at each side of the battery are bolted, as

a't 15., or otherwise" suitablysecured to in 35 snlation-bloeks,16, tothe adjacent sides of which are securedl'plates, 17, as by bolts, 18, or otherwise. The plates, {17, are provided. with flanges, 19, having their edges inclined andprovided with grooves, 20, to correspond 00 to and receive, respectively, the flanges, 11, of the plates, 8. The flanges, 11, are permanently connected with the battery termia nals as by suitable electrical conductors, 21,

each having one end welded or burnt onto the flange, 11, and'its opposite end firihly secured to asuitable terminal, 22, on the' adjacent battery terminal post, 7.

The flanged plates, 17, are provided with suitable terminals to which theservioe conductors are connected. The said terminals preferably comprise bolts, '23, projecting' through the block, 16, and threaded through the plate, 17, and into the flanges, 19, as shown in Fig.2. Between nuts, 24: and 25, are secured the battery'service conductors, 26'. The coaotin'g edges of the flanges, 11 and 19, arecovered, preferably one with lead and the other with brass, the lead ringof a non-corrosive and soft nature provides.

7 ing members.

a sii't 'which readilymonforms and adapts I is'ilined with lead, 28, thus insuring a perfeet electrical connection between Cntac t It will nowbe clear the}. to connect the battery with the scrv'iceconductors it is necessary to lower the battery into the posi-- tion shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which-position the flanges. 11, are received in the the'weight of-the battery; insures'a perfectand the battery terminals and secures the battery against accidental displacement when used in a motor vehicle.

It will alsobe observed that the ing members, ill and '19,.are so remote from the battery; terminals that they will not be corroded by acid from th battery.

Althou h I have illustrated and above-d6 scribedzbut one speciesof the invention, I would-mot be't'mderstood as being limited to such construction. for various alterations and .modifications may be 'made in' the details (if-construction and arrangements of parts herein'disclosed without departing from thespirit'and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention. what I-claim as'new-and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is I 1. In an electrical battery having a box and terminal poles, a securim and connecting'means including supports at opposite sides of the 'box. and a pair of tapered meinbers at each side of the box. one of said members of each pair being secured to the box and connected with the ad acent pole of the batteryand the other member r the pair being fixed to the adjacent support, said tapered members being adapted to react in a werlging action to support the battery and provide electriczil current conductivity between the batterypole and the associa-ted member secured to the support.

2. An electrical battery including tapering terminals on its opposite sides, supporting means at opposite sides of the battery, and tapered ele trical conducting elements fixed to said means and adapted to wedgingzly coact, respectively. with said tapering terminals to removablysupport the battery and detachablv electrically interconnect the terminals and said elements.

3. The combination with a battery an? suitable supports at' opposite sides thereo ..of uprigzht tapering terminals secured to" and projecting from opposite sides of the battery. and tapering electrical conducting elements fixed to the supports,-and, adpated I I terminals with said elements. is clad with brass, 27. while the groove, 20,

Contactto said members and seer/WAiLAeLscoin towedgingly coact', respectively, with said terminals to removably support the battery and detachably electrically interconnect the" 4. The combination with a battery and suitable supports at opposite sides thereof, of vertical plates projecting from opposite sides-of the battery. electricallyconnected,

respectively. with the battery terminals. and

having tapered free edges," andvertical plat'essecurecl to the supports-and having their free edges tapered to wedgingly coact {with the'tapered edges of said tirstfplates grooves, 20. and. the wedging action be? tween the flanges, 11 and 19, produced by to removably support the"battery and dc.- tachably electrically interconnect said first v V and second plates. connection between the scrviceconductors 5. The combination'with a battery and suit-able supports at opposite sides thereof. of a pair of vertical p ates projecting from opposite sides of' the battery, electrically 35 connected, respectively, with the battery terminals and having tapered free edges-and a pair of vertical plates secured. respectively.

to the supports and having-their free edges tapered to wedgingly enact with the tapered edges of said first plates to removably sup-. port the battery and detachably electricallyinterconnect said first andsecond plates, the

'jrce edges of said second pair of lates bermg grooved to receive the edges 0 the said first pair:-

i 6. The combination with an electrical bat-f tcry inclndingits, box and terminals, of supporting members at opposite sides of the battery. electrical conducting plates secured rovided on their adjncent sides with vertical flanges having inclined cdccs. and electrical conducting-3 plates secured to opposite sides of the battery and provided with vrertical flanges havin inclined edges to engage and wedgingly Cflilfft. respectivciv. with the said first flanges to rnmovably support the battery and de-.' tuchubly electrically interconnect said first; and sr'c'ond flanges. said second fianges'be--- ing electrically connected with the battery terminals. I I

7. An ele trical connecting and support-J Eng menus or storage batteries embodying two pairs of tapering electricity conducting elements adapted to be positioned at opposite sirles of a battery. one element of each- 1 pair being adapted to be secured tothe bat-0;,- tcrv and connected electrically with a terminal of the battery, and the other adapted. to be secured to a suitable support and; wedgingly court and electrically contactzwith'r its mate to rigidly support the'battery Iremovably against lateral movement.

8. An electric-battery incl (ling suppoffinc members. paired elements atopposite sides of the battery. one elenicnt-of-eachf pair being a terminal of the. battery and its. mate beingeccured toone oi said members,

said elements of each pair having oppo-,

- 'gitely-inclined wed gin l. coacting surfaces ito removably and rigid te with respect/to sai members and Yes- -tab ish-electrlcal' conductivity between the I plinedtongued and grooved elements, one 'jof said elements being secured to the battery an d the other to. the adjacent support,. whereby the elements 'wedgingly cooperate to removably support and hold the battery terminal connectin means for a battery including separate e ements adapted to secured respectively to the battery and a suitable support and 'wedgingljtf'and rig- J, idlyco-act through the weight oi. the bata battery having an adjacent su port, 'in- .cluding separate elements adapte to be se-' cured 'rcspectively to the battery and sup- I tery to prevent relative lateral movement between themselves and make electrical conmotion with the battery.

11-. Aterminal connection andsupport -for support the bat BEST AVAILABLE COPY port and wedgingly co-act through the weight of the batte to make electrical connection with and rigidly hold the battery against lateral movement with respect to the support. a 5

12. Terminal connecting means for a battery including separate contacting elements adapted to secured, respectively, to the battery and a suitable support to coact through, the weight of the battery to make electrical connection with the battery, the contacting surface of at leastone of said elements being oflead material.

13. The combination with a battery and supports'at opposite sides thereof, of inclincd tongued and grooved elements, one of said elements being secured to the battery and the other to the adjacent support, whereby the elements wedgin lyco-operate to removably support and hold the battery rigidly with respect to the supports, said grooved elements being lined withlead.

, In testimony whereof, I have hereuntoset my hand this 26" da of May, 1922.

- a J HN W. LEITZEN.